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Overview Kootenai National Forest is located in the extreme northwest corner of Montana and northeast Idaho. However, only 3% of its lands are located in Idaho. Kootenai is bordered to the south by Lolo National Forest and just east lays … Continued
Overview Lolo National Forest is located in western Montana, surrounding the city of Missoula. National Forests that border Lolo include: Bitterroot, Nez Perce-Clearwater, Kootenai, and Flathead National Forest. Located west of the continental divide, the Lolo National Forest is influenced … Continued
Overview The 1.6 million acre Bitterroot National Forest, in west central Montana and east central Idaho, is part of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Forest land begins above the foothills of the Bitterroot River Valley in two mountain ranges–the Bitterroot Mountains … Continued
Overview The largest of the national forests in the state, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest covers 3.35 million acres in southwest Montana. Bitterroot, Helena-Lewis and Clark, and Custer Gallatin National Forests surround the forest. Beaverhead National Forest and Deerlodge merged together in … Continued
Overview Sawtooth National Forest is situated in central Idaho with districts extending into northern Utah. Salmon-Challis National Forest lays just north and Boise National Forest sits west of Sawtooth. Named after the Sawtooth Mountains, the forest has several other notable … Continued